vulnerability
IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2022-31813: Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 25, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 | May 28, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 25, 2022
Added
Aug 31, 2022
Modified
May 28, 2026
Description
Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application.
Solutions
ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph46897-for-7_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph46897-for-8_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph46897-for-8_5ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph46897-for-9_0ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-7_0_0_46ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_0_0_16ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_5_5_23ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_5_13
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